In documents obtained by IdahoReporter.com, an official with the Idaho attorney general’s office said a bill presented by Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, in the 2010 legislative session would have done little to prevent use of body scanners at airports or other public buildings in the Gem State. Hart’s legislation, known as House Bill 573, aimed to prevent use of scanners – which produce an image in which a person is essentially naked – in airports or public buildings by using police powers of the state of Idaho to ban the devices.  In testimony about the bill, Hart contended that the scanners are a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and possibly dangerous to public health.  The bill passed the Idaho House on 58-9 vote, but it failed to receive a hearing in the Senate State Affairs Committee/Dustin Hurst, Idaho Reporter. More here.

Question: Is it possible that Phil Hart is right about full-body scanners at airports?